Article type :
Case Report
Author :
Marianna Iaquinto1, Emilio Vittorio Merlini2, Barbara Tadini2, Giovanni Palazzo3, Antonio Fonzone Caccese3, Roberto De Castro1
Volume :
5
Issue :
6
Abstract :
A ureteric loss is a devastating event and can be corrected with intrinsic urinary tissue using different
surgical techniques such as direct anastomosis, psoas hitch, Boari flap, transuretero-ureterostomy and
renal autotransplantation. We report a case of successful left ureter total substitution with appendix
after failed ureteral reimplantation and acute renal failure, in an infant affected by high grade
vesicoureteral reflux in a left functionally solitary kidney.
Keyword :
Left total ureteral substitution; appendix; solitary kidney